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World Championship among men and women, World Cup and European Youth Championship will be held in Georgia

ATTENTION! In Georgia, in the city of Kobuleti, a number of events of the IDF draughts-64 calendar will be held: European Youth Championship,  World Cup and the main tournament of the year – World Championship among men and women 2022. Invitation for the European Youth Championship, World Cup and  Regulations on the World Championship have been published.

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Asian Draughts Championship was held in Tashkent

From June 14 to June 26, Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, held the Asian Championship in draughts 64, 100 and Turkish draughts. Draughts-64 competitions were held from 14 to 21 June. Competitions were held in three programs: Classic, Rapid and Blitz in all age categories: men, women, veterans, juniors (boys and girls) up to 23 and 20 years old; boys …

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New online tournaments on PlayStrategy

Following the launch of our Medley tournament format, and the end of the Mind Sports Olympiad’s Grand Prix event, online platform PlayStrategy is starting up a regular series of tournaments: Medley Shields. There will be three Medley Shields to win that will run on a regular weekly schedule. The third and final Medley draughts tournament will take place on Saturday, June 25, …

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The 11th international draughts-64 tournament takes place in Jõgeva

From June 13 to June 20, the city of Jõgeva (Estonia) hosts the 11th international draughts-64 tournament “Jõgeva 2022”. Competitions are held in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. International grandmaster Guntis Valneris (Latvia) won Rapid. International grandmaster Arno Uutma (Estonia) won Blitz. The Classic program started. Follow the results.

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Information about the 2022 World Cup

Due to covid-19 restrictions in 2021, significant problems with crossing borders and entering some countries, many players were unable to participate in the 2021 World Cup stages, some of the competitions were cancelled. In connection with this and the requests of the national federations, the IDF Board on 10/03/2022 decided to sum up the results of the 2021 World Cup …

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William Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion!

Zambia Draughts Federation held on 15th to 17th April 2022 in Olympic Youth Development Centre of Lusaka, capital of Zambia, the Tentani D. Mwanzah Individual Draughts-64 National championship in honor of ZDF Founding President Mr. Tentani D. Mwanzah. 15-old William, Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion and received the title of IDF master! Elijah, Chanda took 2nd place, international grandmaster …

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Match Israel-Portugal

For the first time in history, a delegation of Portuguese draughts players came to Israel and took part in several competitions. It should be noted that this event became possible largely thanks to the International Draughts Federation (IDF) and its leadership, who did a lot for the development of draughts in Portugal. The events were held with the cooperation of …

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